Be inspired by our FREE interactive storytelling, arts and crafts event! Suitable for all ages.
Tricks and Trails – Storytelling, Arts and Crafts
Dusk Discoverers!
Come and Discover the Museum after dark! Watch our collection come alive under the moonlight, suitable for all ages. Suitable for all ages
Museum of Cambridge Launches Major Crowd-Sourced Exhibition Project Ahead of Redevelopment
The Museum of Cambridge is calling the residents of Cambridgeshire to celebrate the place they call home – in miniature!
History Hidden in the Walls
Our building work continues at the Museum. After the repair to the two chimney stacks using reclaimed brick work has continued on cleaning and clearing the roof valleys of debris. That went relatively quickly and the site has moved onto
The collection item we overlook.
There is one very prominent item in our collection that even we overlook: the shop front of the Enid Porter building! Originally from 45 Bridge Street, it was a shop known long ago as ‘Le Cage’ and subject to demolition in
Bricks and mortar
The Museum of Cambridge sits within the old White Horse Inn, a public house until 1934, it was saved from demolition and converted into the Cambridge and County Folk Museum. The White Horse Inn can trace its history to about
The Apple Corer and Peeler
In the kitchen at the Museum of Cambridge, one of my favourite objects sits on a shelf with some other fascinating food preparation items – including what may be one of the earliest mechanical food mixers on the shelf above.
Time Capsule Project: Remembering Covid-19.
How do you remember things? Do you write it on a post-it note? Or send an email to yourself? Or tie a knot in your hanky? Those tricks work well for the little things – shopping lists, phone calls, pick
Hidden Cambridge Tour December
Take another look at Cambridge with a 90 minute Hidden Cambridge Walking Tour. Enjoy a tour of the lesser-know Castle area of Cambridge. Discover some of the hidden nooks and crannies you’ve never noticed before! Hear stories of beer, brothels
Hidden Cambridge Tour November
Take another look at Cambridge with a 90 minute Hidden Cambridge Walking Tour. Enjoy a tour of the lesser-know Castle area of Cambridge. Discover some of the hidden nooks and crannies you’ve never noticed before! Hear stories of beer, brothels